Bug FAQHelicobia rapax
Helicobia rapax · Order: Diptera · Family: Sarcophagidae
Helicobia rapax is a flesh fly in the Sarcophagidae family. It can act as a scavenger, feeding on dead material. It may also parasitize insects or snails opportunistically.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Helicobia rapax belongs to the flesh fly family Sarcophagidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It can be found scavenging or as an opportunistic parasitoid of insects or snails.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
Its diet includes dead matter and it may parasitize insects or snails.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 16 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Montana, California, New Mexico, Florida, Arkansas, Arizona, Massachusetts, Oklahoma.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
Questions people ask
What does Helicobia rapax eat?
It scavenges dead material and can parasitize insects or snails.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Sarcophagidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicobia_rapax
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